Part of me feels like I shouldn't be surprised, but part of me is: There are no more tickets available for MineCon, the inaugural MineCraft convention to be held in 18 days in Las Vegas. When Notch first floated the idea of a con back in May, the response to it did not suggest such a strong response.

Lo and behold, momentum built for this. The day tickets went on sale, the rush to buy them jammed up the servers. Organizers were able to swing a group rate deal on lodging at the Mandalay Bay, and that made it affordable enough that all the badges were gone three weeks before kickoff.